diff --git a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/FeatureCodeBehindGenerator.cs b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/FeatureCodeBehindGenerator.cs
index af57c7c40..57aa0dc5a 100644
--- a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/FeatureCodeBehindGenerator.cs
+++ b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/FeatureCodeBehindGenerator.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
 using BoDi;
+using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
+using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.Interfaces;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator.Project;
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ public FeatureCodeBehindGenerator(ITestGenerator testGenerator)
         public TestFileGeneratorResult GenerateCodeBehindFile(string featureFile)
         {
             var featureFileInput = new FeatureFileInput(featureFile);
+
             var generatedFeatureFileName = Path.GetFileName(_testGenerator.GetTestFullPath(featureFileInput));
 
             var testGeneratorResult = _testGenerator.GenerateTestFile(featureFileInput, new GenerationSettings());
diff --git a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTask.cs b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTask.cs
index 58e575e01..c60ae54a8 100644
--- a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTask.cs
+++ b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTask.cs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public override bool Execute()
             var generateFeatureFileCodeBehindTaskContainerBuilder = new GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTaskContainerBuilder();
             var generatorPlugins = GeneratorPlugins?.Select(gp => gp.ItemSpec).Select(p => new GeneratorPluginInfo(p)).ToArray() ?? Array.Empty<GeneratorPluginInfo>();
             var featureFiles = FeatureFiles?.Select(i => i.ItemSpec).ToArray() ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+
             var msbuildInformationProvider = new MSBuildInformationProvider(MSBuildVersion);
             var generateFeatureFileCodeBehindTaskConfiguration = new GenerateFeatureFileCodeBehindTaskConfiguration(AnalyticsTransmitter, CodeBehindGenerator);
             var generateFeatureFileCodeBehindTaskInfo = new SpecFlowProjectInfo(generatorPlugins, featureFiles, ProjectPath, ProjectFolder, ProjectGuid, AssemblyName, OutputPath, RootNamespace, TargetFrameworks, TargetFramework);
diff --git a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/SpecFlowProjectInfo.cs b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/SpecFlowProjectInfo.cs
index d216ce000..2dd8bab7a 100644
--- a/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/SpecFlowProjectInfo.cs
+++ b/SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation/SpecFlowProjectInfo.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator;
+using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils;
 
 namespace SpecFlow.Tools.MsBuild.Generation
 {
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public SpecFlowProjectInfo(
             string currentTargetFramework)
         {
             GeneratorPlugins = generatorPlugins;
-            FeatureFiles = featureFiles;
+            FeatureFiles = FileFilter.GetValidFiles(featureFiles);
             ProjectFolder = projectFolder;
             OutputPath = outputPath;
             RootNamespace = rootNamespace;
@@ -48,5 +49,6 @@ public SpecFlowProjectInfo(
         public string TargetFrameworks { get; }
 
         public string CurrentTargetFramework { get; }
+
     }
 }
diff --git a/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils/FileFilter.cs b/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils/FileFilter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8a3bfc406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils/FileFilter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+namespace TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils
+{
+    public static class FileFilter
+    {
+        public static IReadOnlyCollection<string> GetValidFiles(IReadOnlyCollection<string> filePaths)
+        {
+            var valids = filePaths.Where(ValidFile).ToList();
+            return valids;
+        }
+
+        private static bool ValidFile(string filePath)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return ValidateFileName(filePath) && ValidateFilePath(filePath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static bool ValidateFileName(string filePath)
+        {
+            var invalidFileNameChars = Path.GetInvalidFileNameChars();
+            var fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
+
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(fileName) &&
+                   !fileName.Any(s => invalidFileNameChars.Contains(s));
+        }
+
+        private static bool ValidateFilePath(string filePath)
+        {
+            string pathWithoutSeparator = filePath
+                                          .Replace(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString(), string.Empty)
+                                          .Replace(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar.ToString(), string.Empty)
+                                          .Replace(Path.VolumeSeparatorChar.ToString(), string.Empty);
+            var invalidPathChars = Path.GetInvalidPathChars();
+
+            return !string.IsNullOrEmpty(pathWithoutSeparator) &&
+                   !pathWithoutSeparator.Any(invalidPathChars.Contains);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.GeneratorTests/FileFilterTests.cs b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.GeneratorTests/FileFilterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3e3e56c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.GeneratorTests/FileFilterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using TechTalk.SpecFlow.Utils;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace TechTalk.SpecFlow.GeneratorTests
+{
+    public class FileFilterTests
+    {
+        private readonly List<string> _validFeatureFilePaths;
+
+        public FileFilterTests()
+        {
+            _validFeatureFilePaths = new List<string>()
+            {
+                @"Features\SpecFlowFeature.feature",
+                @"Features\Math.feature",
+                @"Features\見.feature"
+            };
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldReturnValidFilePaths()
+        {
+            var validatedFilePaths = FileFilter.GetValidFiles(_validFeatureFilePaths);
+            validatedFilePaths.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_validFeatureFilePaths);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldRemoveInvalidFilePaths()
+        {
+            var notValidFeatureFilePaths = new List<string>()
+            {
+                @"Features\SpecFlowFeature*.feature",
+                @"Features\Math?.feature",
+                @"Features\Project|Impossible.feature"
+            };
+
+            var featureFilePaths = _validFeatureFilePaths.Concat(notValidFeatureFilePaths).ToList();
+
+            var validatedPaths = FileFilter.GetValidFiles(featureFilePaths);
+            validatedPaths.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_validFeatureFilePaths);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldRemoveWildChars()
+        {
+            var wildCards = new List<string>()
+            {
+                @"**\*.feature"
+            };
+
+            var featureFilePaths = _validFeatureFilePaths.Concat(wildCards).ToList();
+            var validatedPaths = FileFilter.GetValidFiles(featureFilePaths);
+            validatedPaths.Should().BeEquivalentTo(_validFeatureFilePaths);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldBeAnEmptyListIfOnlyWildCards()
+        {
+            var wildCards = new List<string>()
+            {
+                @"**\*.feature"
+            };
+
+            var validatedPaths = FileFilter.GetValidFiles(wildCards);
+            validatedPaths.Should().BeEmpty();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 025149848..4811eb735 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Fixes:
 + Update the default C# skeleton template to use context injection instead of the deprecated ScenarioContext.Current
 + Save generated files with UTF8-BOM encoding.
 + Revert "Replace NUnit.Framework.DescriptionAttribute to TestName in NUnit generator #1225" because of problems with the NUnit Test Adapter
++ Remove files with invalid characters from the FeatureFiles list (provided by msbuild)
 
 Features:
 + Created VerifyAllColumnsBound check for `table.CreateSet` and `table.CreateInstance`